Ironing-board cabinet.



U. R. COX.

IRONING BOARD CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22,1912.

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130mm BOARD CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22, 1912.

GHESTER R. COX, 0F BERKELEY, OALIFQRNIA.

IRONING-IBOAQRD CABINET.

Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Sept. l5. il'tl leli.

Application filed July 22, 1912. Serial No. 710,960.

To all LU/20772 it may concern Be it known that LCHes'rnn R. Cox, residing in the city of Berkeley, county of Alameda, State of California, United Qtates of America, have invented a new and useful Improvement ,in Ironing-Board Cabinets, of which the" following is a full and complete description.

The invention contemplates the use of and has for its object the, saving of room when the ironing board is not in use, and by its mechanical construction can be built in a four-inch partition or canbe screwed iast to the wall as desired.

Referring to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification Figure l is a perspective view showing the ironing board exposed and extended for use. Fig. 52 is a vertical section of theboard and its receptacle. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the cabinet showing the ironing board in extended position.

In the drawing 2 designates the ironing board, the back end of which has a rounded shat't 3.

A are channels or grooves in the sides of the janibs A to receive the ends of shaft 3 of the ironing board; the shalt being lclt full size at each end and beyond the sides of the ironing board sulliciently long to gllide the board down into the pocket and to work in the grooves 4 cut in the sides of the jambs.

5 is a door hinged below the board 2, which acts as a support to the ironing board, when extended and in use, and also closes up the front of the opening when the board is in the pocket, being hinged at '6.

13 is a door hinged, as shown, to swing to the left, and, together with support 5, closes in the entire front of the device when the ioning board is not in use.

. The channels or grooves -l in the jambs A form guides for the ironing hoard as it is being mani mlated. These channels terminate slightly above the heighto't the level of the ironing board, when extended, thercby preventing shaft 3 from going higher.

7 is a batten on the bottom of the ironing bdard for the door 5 to rest against.

The spring hinges O are of any well-ltnown construction and serve to automatically close the door 5 when the board 2 istolded into the receptacle.

- A sleeve, hoard 8- may be journaled'in the jarnbs above the board. 2

and su'liicicntly to the rear of the vertical line oi? the journals of the board 2 to allow the two boards to be turned up vertically within the receptacle without interference.

fl is a round end and has the same relation to the sleeve board that the shaft 3 has to the main ironing board, being let into the lamb at each end merely for support.

10 the support for the sleeve board when in use and is hinged to drop down when the board is folded in the pocket.

12 is a pin for the purpose of holding the back end of the ironing board lirm, when in use, and supporting the shaft 2"). The pin l2 projects from the side of the shaft and is adapted to drop into an aperture shown in the retaining spring 11, Fig. when the board has reached a level position.

The shalt 13 at the inner end of the board projects into and is guided. by the. grooves l in the sides of the receptacle. When the board is tilted outward to assume a horizontal position the lug or batten '7 first contacts with the top of the door 5 which then swings outward about the hinge (i, and the shaft 3 slides upward at the same time until the ironing board .2 has assumed a horizontal position and the inner end is engaged by the retaining spring ll.

To close the board into the pocket, the inner end is disengaged from the holding device and the outer end is lifted so that the board may slide downward until its upper end will enter the upper part'of the pocket. The sleeve board is closed up at the same time and the spring door 5 closes behind the lower part of the board. The upper part of the pocket may then be closed by the door 13. A backing is fitted to the frame to make it dust-proof.

llaving thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is-- In a device til the character described, a receptacle having a. hinged, transversely swingingdoor at the top, and a door hinged at the bottom to open outwardly and downwardly, said doors closablc to 'lorm a con tinuous paneled tront'l'or the recoplaclcaa jamb on each side of the receptacle having a vertical channel in the lower part, an ironing board having a cylindrical rear end. projecting} at nlcli sidc l'oriningjournals slid able in the channels o'l the jambs, the upper ends of the channels forming stops for said of the board adapted to engage the, aperture in the spring when registering therewith.

CHESTER R. COX. [L.s.]

In the presence of- H. RAGLAND, J. A. BONHAM. 

